Jin Wushu fled, and the remaining pirates were even more vulnerable and surrendered one after another.
By daybreak, some corpses had gradually surfaced, but they were quickly washed away, and the ones that didn't go away were eaten by some huge fish. Their blood melted into the seawater, and not a drop could be seen.
The vast sea is already calm, with only some burned-out ships still smoking faintly, reminding everyone that a fierce battle took place here just last night.
Yue Pengju and Zhang Xian were convening a meeting with the generals to discuss the return voyage, and Hua Rong came to the ship to take a breath.
The sea and sky are the same color, the sky is blue, what a wonderful day, but why is my heart so worried
She leaned on the side of the ship and looked at the endless waves. She would soon set off and return to land. From then on, the scenery was completely different.
A hand was put on her shoulder, and she was so startled that she almost jumped: "Qin Shangcheng, why are you here?"
He didn't answer, his eyes were as gloomy as his voice: "Girl, come with me."
She wanted to retreat, but was tightly surrounded by him. She stopped retreating and said in a very calm voice: "Qin Shangcheng, I will never go with you."
"You have to go, you are my wife!"
"No. I have married another Yue Pengju."
"I know you two are not married! Even if you are married, you must leave him and come with me."
"No."
"Girl, I'll give you one last chance."
She shook her head: "I am grateful to you for saving me. Apart from marrying you, I can do anything else for you."
"I don't need anything except marry me!"
"Qin Shangcheng!"
"Girl! Are you going or not?"
"No! Qin Shangcheng, go back and forget about me."
He ignored it, took a step forward, and suddenly took out the piece of paper from his arms: "Girl, do you know what this is?"
Hua Rong looked pale and could not speak.
"This is a wedding post! It's a wedding post you wrote for me with your own hands! You are the wife of my matchmaker, why do you have to remarry someone else? Why? Don't I treat you well enough?"
“…”
"Since you are determined to marry him, why do you appear in front of me again, give me hope, and then ruthlessly cut it off?"
"You are using me! You are just using me! In your mind, I am not even as good as that bird emperor?"
Hua Rong leaned on the railing, tears streaming down her face, unable to argue a word.
I owed him, and I finally owed him!
"Qin Shangcheng, I'm sorry!"
"Don't be sorry, I only want you!"
His eyes were blood red, and he hugged her and kissed her. Hua Rong's vision went dark, and he pushed with all his strength. All he could hear was the hurried footsteps in his ears, and Yue Pengju's angry voice: "King Qin, what do you want to do..."
The King of Qin was picked up by a spear, and his hand was slightly loose. Yue Peng raised his hand as a warning and did not use force, but he hit Yue Pengju's chest hard with a backhand punch. At the same time, Hua Rong had broken free from his shackles, and Yue Peng raised his long arm. Take her and hold her in your arms.
She saw that Yue Pengju's face was pale. King Qin's punch was with all his strength, which was far more serious than Yue Peng's warning of raising a gun to challenge him.
Looking around, Zhang Xian and others dispersed, pointing their bows at the King of Qin. Yue Pengju's face turned pale, "Step back, all of you, step back..."
Zhang Xian and others were ordered to retreat.
King Qin didn't realize it, and didn't care about the injury on his shoulder. He stared at Hua Rong: "Girl, you have to leave with me today!"
"King Qin, she is my wife and will never leave with you."
King Qin roared, and in the distance, the Five-Tooth warship was approaching quickly. More than two thousand pirates on the ship were fully armed, with ladders set up layer by layer, and three cannons set up at the top. They were all aiming at the main warship of the Song Army. The leader, the old pirate Yang Sanshu, personally stood in front of the cannon, waiting for King Qin's order.
Two yesterday's allies are about to meet each other today.
Seeing this change, the Song army was all disgraceful.
"Hua Rong, tell me, are you staying or leaving?"
Hua Rong's face turned pale, and he gently pulled Yue Pengju's hand away. Yue Pengju suffered internal injuries from King Qin's punch and was unable to hold her back. He saw her step forward and stared at Qin Shangcheng: "The Jin army may counterattack at any time, I won't I would like you to fight Yue Pengju again."
"Then make your choice!"
"Sister, come here quickly."
She quickly took a few steps back, suddenly drew out her small bow, and shot out the sharp knife installed in it. At this time, her body was already leaning on the triangular bow of the ship, and she was standing alone in a blind spot.
"elder sister… "
"Girl, what do you want to do?"
With the sharp knife pressed against her chest, she smiled miserably: "Qin Shangcheng, you saved my life twice. I owe you and I don't know how to repay you. However, I will never marry you. If we threaten to start a war, I will take this life today." Give it back to you first!”
Yue Pengju roared angrily: "Sister, what are you doing?"
"Step back, Pengju, step back too. If you take one more step, I will die in front of you!"
Yue Pengju held back his steps, extremely anxious.
"Girl!"
The tip of the knife in her hand stabbed her chest harder: "Qin Shangcheng, I owe you my love and I can't repay you. No matter what you do, I will never blame you!"
Qin Shangcheng stood there, staring at her, tears slowly welling up in his eyes. After a long time, he hissed: "That's it! That's it!" He turned around and left.
"elder sister… "
Yue Pengju rushed up to her and hugged her. The knife in her hand fell to the ground with a clang.
At this time, King Qin had already reached the hanging ladder and was going down, step by step, making a thumping sound. In the last sight, Hua Rong watched the blood on his shoulder cut by the spear falling drop by drop. Suddenly, I felt a bit cold, and then I realized that winter was coming.
The severe winter came unexpectedly.
The big ship returns.
The sea became calm again.
From a distance, Hua Rong saw the huge five-toothed warship in front of him. King Qin was standing on the top of the ship, facing him. The deck was open and he was standing upright. It was as if he was the only one left in the world.
The sky was gloomy, the sea breeze was howling, and I didn't know if there would be a storm coming.
She lowered her head, turned around and returned to the cabin.
Three days later, the Five-Tooth warship disappeared. She thought, maybe it was just a way, King Qin, had he sailed back to his own island
Along the way, she never left the cabin again. She lay on the bed of the cabin all day long, suffering from a high fever.
Yue Pengju stayed by her side, staying with her all day long and taking a lot of herbal medicine, but her illness never got better. A military doctor on the ship came to see her many times and said that she had been running around for a long time, strained her heart, and was soaked in the sea. For a long time, the cold has penetrated into the bones, and it takes at least two or three months of good rest to recover.
Yue Pengju followed the military doctor's orders, made fish soup and other things every day, and took good care of her. After half a month of sailing, she no longer had a fever and her spirits gradually improved.
Heading south again, we finally docked.
When my feet set foot on land again, it felt like a lifetime ago.
Hua Rong saw the chill of winter, even though everything was yellow, and felt that it was more reassuring than the beautiful scenery on the sea. She sighed and said in a low voice: "It is better to step on the land than to drift on the sea."
Yue Pengju held her hand tightly, feeling the warm power coming from his palm, and his sigh turned into a smile.
Abandoning the ship and riding horses, along the way, the once prosperous Jiangnan Road, which used to be green with buckwheat, had been devastated and decayed under the ravages of the Jin army. Where the army was marching, they saw only a dilapidated large manor, which was overgrown with weeds and inside. The owner had already fled and the building was empty.
Hua Rong reined in his horse and suddenly said: "Pengju, let's rest here."
"good."
After landing, many family members gathered in the army, including Zhang Xian's wife Gao Sijie and two sons. Everyone entered the manor, the women swept the house, and the soldiers weeded and rested, and soon the abandoned house was tidied up. .
After the meal, everyone took a rest.
A lamp is lit on the table and flickers on and off.
It was cold and freezing, and the brazier in the room was not enough to keep warm. Yue Pengju went to bed first: "Sister, I'll warm you up before you come up."
She laughed and came up, and he stretched out his arms to hug her. The two of them always warmed up very quickly together. Soon, he felt that the body in his arms was warm and soft.
"Sister, we will set off to Huaiyang Palace tomorrow."
"Well, I won't go with you."
"Okay, wait for me here."
After experiencing several lives and deaths, her last illusions about Zhao Deji were completely shattered. Like King Qin, she and she gradually understood that the emperor could never be judged by the emotion of "a scholar will die for his confidant", and it was not necessary.
Better not to see each other.
"The Jin army may come back at any time. It would be better if we can maintain peace. Pengju, if I am released to the outside world, you will accept it. If I am allowed to stay in the court, you will resign."
"I think so too."
When the two of them rarely had disagreements, they would discuss each other no matter what they did. Hua Rong leaned against his chest, feeling warm and safe. Isn't that what she wants in a lover
"Sister, you have to take good care of yourself these days."
"Well, when you come back, I will definitely be completely healed."
Huaiyang Palace.
The news that Jin Wushu's army was defeated at sea spread like the wind all over the country, as if injecting a shot of boost into the fledgling court. Those generals who originally waited and watched, conserved their strength and fled at any time, did not dare to hesitate anymore. Soon, 100,000 troops gathered in Huaiyang, and according to the words of Prime Minister Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and others, they gradually became "impregnable".
At this point, Jin Wushu's large-scale campaign of "searching the mountains and picking up the seas" to hunt down Zhao Deji came to an end. This pursuit, in just a few months, chased him from the mountains to the sea, killing more than 100,000 Song troops, and plundered the In Baizhou County, Jin Wushu's soldiers were divided into several groups and fought in coordination. Their speed and responsiveness were unheard of by most Song generals. They even plundered all the treasures from all directions that Zhao Deji had accumulated when he ascended the throne in Yingtian, and transported them to Return to Shangjing.
Just before Jin Wushu set off, Shundao also planned to establish Liu Yu, the surrendered general who had cleared the customs for him, as a puppet emperor to counter Zhao Deji's small regime in the south. From then on, the two sides competed, and Zhao Deji was easily offended and did not dare to fight. .
Although he failed to capture Zhao Deji in the end, his contribution was better than catching Zhao Deji.
Zhao Deji was furious when he heard the news. However, in view of the lack of defenders and the terrible life of being chased and fleeing, he gave up the idea of pressing down the army with a large army and quickly annihilating Liu Yu. He only firmly stockpiled all the 100,000 troops he had finally gathered in Huaihe River. Raising the surroundings, otherwise, does not seem to be enough to ensure safety.
Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan and others immediately started talking about peace talks. However, after two escapes, Zhao Deji no longer trusted them very much, and gradually promoted another powerful minister, Zhu Shengfei, to be prime minister.
Over in the Kingdom of Jin, because Jin Wushu was defeated and the old wolf master was critically ill, the princes were fighting for the right to inherit the throne. They had no time to send troops. Seeing that the king and ministers of the Song Dynasty proposed peace, it was exactly what they wanted. As soon as the envoys from the two sides came into contact, a peace agreement was quickly reached. The war is suspended.
This day was Zhao Deji's birthday. Civil servants, military generals, relatives of the emperor, concubines and maids all congratulated him on his birthday. When the banquet was over at noon, Yue Pengju and his army rushed back after hearing the news.
Yue Pengju stayed at sea, wandered around for a long time, and wiped out a group of fierce bandits along the way. When he returned, it was already two months later.
Zhao Deji was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately summoned him. Seeing only Yue Pengju and his general Zhang Xian, he couldn't help asking: "Where is Hua Rong? Why isn't she with you?"